Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Relative Humidity Using Cascaded C-shaped Fabry-Perot interferometers

• Published in: Journal of lightwave technology 2022-02, Vol.40 (4), p.1209-1215
• Main Authors: Li, Fei, Li, Xue-gang, Zhou, Xue, Zhang, Ya-nan, Lv, Ri-qing, Zhao, Yong, Xie, Liu-shun, Nguyen, Linh Viet, Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike, Warren-Smith, Stephen C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: C-shaped fiber; fabry-perot interferometer; Fabry-Perot interferometers; Food processing; Humidity; Humidity measurement; Matrix methods; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Parameter sensitivity; Polydimethylsiloxane; Polyvinyl alcohol; Relative humidity; Sensitivity; sensitivity matrix; simultaneous measurement; Splicing; Structural stability; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors
• ISSN: 0733-8724; 1558-2213
• DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2021.3127525

In this paper, a novel platform for simultaneous measurement of relative humidity (RH) and temperature using dual Fabry-Perot interferometers (FPIs) based on C-shaped fiber was demonstrated. The sensor was composed by splicing two sections of C-shaped fiber between single mode fiber (SMF). Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) are filled in the two sections of C-shaped fibers to increase sensitivity to temperature and RH. This is the first demonstration that solid polymer materials can be added to the C-shaped fiber interferometers for sensing. In our experiment, RH sensitivities of -0.128 nm/%RH and 0.038 nm/%RH in the range of 20%RH to 45%RH, and temperature sensitivities of 0.022 nm/°C and -0.722 nm/°C in the temperature range of 15 °C to 45°C, were acquired for dual FPIs, respectively. We verified that it is possible to use the sensitivity matrix method to measure two parameters simultaneously. In addition, it has the benefits of simple structure, excellent stability and high sensitivity, and has a broad application prospect in agriculture, food processing and environmental measurement.